Monthly Archives: April 2012

I downloaded this from over at Demonoid. Just thought I would take a chance and see what its like. And it’s not worth the time to download. My first tip off should have been the size of the disc, only 2.82 GB’s. The second is I should have known better than to think that a DVD called Rare Pieces would be decent quality. Below is what is on the disc with my comments / thoughts:

Los Angeles 1977
Audio : Alive II,lost alive II,houston 77..
Video : 8mm (very raw quality) 4
I stole your love
Take me
Ladies room
Makin`love
Shout it out loud
Firehouse
I know this is 8MM footage, but I think I have seen better quality footage before. Maybe I’m wrong and this is a different angle…but just now worth watching to me.

Mexico 81
I was made for lovin`you (playback)
This is not the entire performance of this song. This is that performance with clips of different videos and performances cut into it. There is a big logo in the bottom right hand of the screen, which is a bit distracting. For how rare this might be, the picture is ok. I would rather watch the grainy footage of the entire performance.

Chumash Casino California 28-7-2006
Audio : Fukuoka Japan 20-7-2006
Quality : ok
Kissin`time
As much as I would love to see an honest video of this song surface, this is nothing but a youtube clip of it. And it’s only 1:18 long. He did try to improve the original audio by synching it with the 7/20/06 audio..but it’s still not that great. Here a link to the clip posted on youtube with different audio.
Final note about this clip. There is no known full bootleg of this show listed on Naked City Bootlegs. Not saying there is not one out there, but it’s just not in circulation.

Sault St.Marie 20-7-2007
Audio : ok
3-cam
All the american man
Again, nothing more than edited together youtube clips. And again Naked City Bootlegs has no version of this show listed.

Madrid Spain 14-10-1983
Audio : Nashville,Tennessee 11-1-1984
Quality : 5
Drum solo(eric carr)
Cold gin
Gimme moore
Ok..now this is the best rare footage on here IMO. I have never seen these 3 songs from this show before. The only copy of the show that I know in trading circles does not have these songs on it. Now, the are listed on the new version of the entire show that you can get from the KISS Army Spain. But I have not seen that one yet. The creator of the dvd gets credit for trying to give better sound to the clips by synching it up with the Nashville audio, but I think I would rather have heard the sound from the footage first.

Crazy nights video shoot session (Playback 2x)
Footage is from “makin of crazy nights dvd”
Video: From video sessions (with audience)
Audio : Album version
Now were back into no new footage here. These are just snippets of longer versions of the “Making of” DVD’s that are out there.

Montreal Canada 13-1-1983
Quality : 7
Creatures of the night
Not really sure why this is rare. There are at least 3 different versions of this show floating around. Each having this footage on there.

Rio De Janeiro 18-6-1983
Pro shot
Quality ok (7)
(Without TV comments)
God of thunder
Again…not really sure about this one. Not only do they say it has no tv comments, but towards the middle of the song it becomes a small clip show of the show. Then some credits roll over at the end of the song. Again, does not seem like any anything special to me.

Overall I would say this is not worth the download. I give the maker of the dvd credit for taking the time to make it, but other than the Asylum footage & the Lick It Up footage. There is just not that much here.

Just getting back into the vinyl area of the world and stumbled upon this VERY cool bootleg. “Sonic Boom Over Sheffield” is from Sheffield Arena UK, 1 May 2010 (Opening date of Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour). It was pressed on blue vinyl and limited to 500 copies!

I have been meaning to post this a lot sooner, but better late than never!! Anyway, it was noted on KISSFAQ sometime ago, that a full version of the 6/28/96 Tiger Stadium show was posted. This was the official kick off of the Reunion tour. If you have not checked out the show, you can do so here. I had only seen the pro shot that has been out for a long time (only 7 songs), so I grabbed a youtube downloader, put it on my tablet, and watched on breaks at work!

This is why there are bootlegs!! I was not one of the lucky people to see this show live, but man, watching it now really kind of put me there. This is by no means the best bootleg out there picture or sound wise, but this one gets the job done. You never got the feel of the crowd on the pro shot version, but this one gives you an idea of what it was like to be there that night! Sound wise I would give it a 6 or 7. Sometimes the vocals are bit muffled but for the most part, it’s really good. Picture wise I would only give it a 5 or 6. It’s shot from far away and sometimes it’s a bit blurry. When the taper gets focused…it decent. But having said all that, this is a good example of enjoying a not mint show. This show has its own special place in KISSTORY…so set back and enjoy!!

Deuce

The crowd is LOUD!

Vocals are a bit muffled

Gene is acting like the Demon of old!! Amazing!

Band sounds really tight!

Rap – Kind of rare they stop between Deuce and King Of The Nighttime World

King Of The Knighttime Wolrd

Really miss the amps rising up on the stage….always liked that!

Really good version

Energy in incredible!

The sound gets better!

Do You Love Me

Crowd sounds great!!!

Amps are coming up now…weird

Band sounds REALLY tight

Always love the extended ending….great!

Calling Dr. Love

Never been a big fan of this song live, but it sounds really good!!

Gene seems to be really into the show!

Weird to see Paul & Gene lean on each other while they are playing. Can’t remember a time when I have seen that lately!!

Cold Gin

Gene sounds really good

Song seems just a bit sluggish

Ace sings the second verse…nice!

Nice to see Gene & Ace high-five during the “guitar solo”

Christine 16

Kind of a rare song for the Reunion tour

Decent version

Gene’s vocals are muffled again

Love Gun

Band sound REALLY good!

WOW! The was Paul dropped to his knees was impressive!!

Nice version of the song

From what I could tell (and I am sure I am wrong) first pyro on the stage!

Shout It Out Loud

When the crowd sings is VERY loud!!

Really nice version

Actually, the best version of the song I have heard in a long time!

Watchin You

This need to me in the show NOW! This sounds so awesome live!

This is a KILLER version of the song!

Straight forward, really rocking song!

Firehouse

Killer version!

Paul is full of energy during this song!

Watch Gene just lurk across the stage…so 70’s to me!

WOW!!

2000 Man

No light up guitar!!

Really nice version

Ace sound good!

Strutter

Killer to see Ace & Gene rocking in time with the song again!

Sounds like the song almost falls apart after the first chorus..drums just sort of stop.

Other than that…band sounds tight

Shock Me (with solo)

Really tight, nice version

A tech runs out on stage and helps Ace with something

Seems like the “bugs” are not worked out of the solo yet

Ace says “something was bound to fuck up!”

Rock Bottom

Very cool watching just Ace & Paul play the into together!

Strange to see Ace with a double neck guitar

Very nice version of the song…tight

Gene’s Solo

This is one of my FAVORITE parts of the show

This is version sounds much better than what he does now

Crowd goes CRAZY when he flies!

Again..the crowd is just UNREAL

This is the Reunion lineup at it’s best!

God Of Thunder (with drum solo)

Sounds AWESOME

If you watch Peter during this song…looks like is playing his heart out!

During the solo for a minute or so..it looks like the Peter of old!

Looks like Peter is having a blast during his solo!

New York Groove

Looks like Gene kicks Ace in the ass when he walks by at the start of the song

Good version, Paul & Gene’s backups are nice

Let Me Go Rock N Roll

This is my FAVORITE song played live

Sounds really good

The entire band seems really into it

Again, if you watch Peter he looks like he is having the time of his life!!

100,000 Years

Paul has a TON of energy during this song

The bands is SO good during this song

Ace nails this song….WOW!

Rock N Roll All Nite

Crowd is so awesome singing along

This version is so much better then how sluggish this song got for a few years

They flash the words to the song on the screen during the sing along….in case someone does not know them I guess! LOL!

Miss the days of Paul throwing out his guitar to the crowd instead of selling it!

Wow..the ending was fucked up!

Beth

Most of the time I don’t enjoy this song live, but this is a really nice version